Arch-supporter for shoes.



J. P. NAUGHTON. v 'ARCH SUPPOBTBB FOB. SHOES.

APPLICATION YILD HOV. 16, 1907.

alleine l Y io . heel having a forwardly extending arm under is a perspective view ofa shoe provided v. ith I .ionN r. NAUGHTON, or LAWRENCE', MASSACHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Septik22g 190B.`

,Application tiled November 16, 1907.A Serial No. 402,516.-

To all whom it may concern: A v

Be it knownvthat I. J ons P. NAUGHTON, a citi zenof thc United Stat-es, residing at Lawrence` in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invent-ed vnew and useful Improvements iii Arch-Supporters fore Shoes, of which the following i's a specification.

This invention is a'n improved arch supporter for'hoots and shoes andcomprises a the .shank of the hoot or shoe, to support the arch of the foot, and' a metallic spring embedded in the arm and serving to reinforce hereinafter described and claimed.

This invention is an improvement on the arch supporter for which I niade application for Letters PatentV of the United States, Aug. 2i'7 i90-7,. Serial No. 359,571. 'e

In, the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 a heel having an a'i'chedsupporting arm in accordance with inyinve'ntion, longitudinal sectional view of the rear portion of the saine;A .1"ig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the spring reinforeedvfor the arch-supporting' arm,

In accordance with this. invention, the

heel.` 1, whiclrmay be of any suitable shape a and is made of layers of leather, or other ing down of tlf-e arch,

suitable material is formed at its front side, at the center thereof, with -a forwardly vextending arm 2 to hear' under and the u n'oer sideof which confornistothe contour of the` botto-m of Vthe shank 3f of the boot or sl.oe

Vthe said arm extending from the heel to ,the-

sole and bearingunder and being attached tothe shanleso that itforms a supp-ort fori the arch of thefoot 'and prevents the break-A The under side of the said arcl'rsupporting'arm 2 is fiat and comes surface' so that the said arin is ena support -the arch of the foot.

To strengthen the construction of the arch in contact with the lloor or other supporting i led t0 Lv supporting arm and render thevsame elastic,

to-proinote the comfort of. they wearer of the boot or shoe, I'fprovide asp'ring 4 which comprises a longitudinally curved forwardly er;-

' tending' arm 5, a. depending offset portion 6 and larearwadlv extending horizontally disposed arin'7.

Fig. 2 is a he arm- 5 of the'spring is em-Y .bedded ir. the upper side of the arch support.-

ing arm 2 and secured thereto and to the -under side ofthe shank of the boot or shoe by the nails 8 which-,secure the l'ayeis of the leather that constitute the said arm 2 together., the said nails passing through openings with which the said spring arm 5 is prol vided. The depending offset portion 6 ofthe spring is embedded in the heel or in the i layers of leather constituting the same, at the point where the arm 2 joins Athe heel, the layers of leather having an opening formed therein for the recept-ion of the said offset portion, as shown. The rearwardly extendspring lies between twov of the layers of leather and is secured in place by one of the nails J which secures the layers constituting the heel together. HenceI the -r'ei-nforcing spring device'is entirelyconcealed.-

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is a forwardly extending arin to b ear under the shank to support thearch of the foot, and a spring to reinforce and render said arm elastic, saidY spring` comprising a, forwardly eX- tendin'g downwardly lcurved arm embedded t onthe'said arch supporting arm near the upper side thereof, a vertical downwardlv eX- tending offset portion at the rear end o said sprintT arin embedded in the heel and a rear-, vfardly extending arm. at the lower end of offset portion and alsol embedded in the te ia. A heel for boots o r shoes made up, of

llayers oli-material and formed with a forf wardly extending arch supporting arm and" v furtherl provided with areinforce spring having a forwardly extendingdownwardl' curved longitudinal spring arm in said arev supporting arm and lying between certain of the layers of the arch supporting` arm, a. ver- A`tical downwardly extendingl offsetportion disposed in the heel'andpassing through cerf tain of the'layeis of material and a reari wardly extending arm at the lower end of said offset portion disposed between two of g the layers of material,

Joi-iN P. NAUGHTON.

VVit-nesses: i Airriro'n E. COLLINS, i 'A HELEN V. FLmnNo.

1. A heel for boots or shoes provided with.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature ing arm 7 of the supporting` and reinforcing the. same and render said arm elastic', as i 

